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Information Security Guide: Effective Practices and Solutions for Higher Education

The Information Security Guide: Effective Practices and Solutions for Higher Education is a compendium of information providing guidance on effective approaches to the application of information security at institutions of higher education. It is a key publication of the Higher Education Information Security Council. The guide's content is actively maintained by a large group of volunteers who are information security practitioners at a variety of colleges and universities. The content itself is a rich combination of materials written for the guide, articles written for other publications, presentations from information security conferences, case studies, examples of processes, procedures, and forms used by various institutions, toolkits, hot topics, and references to a wide variety of other materials from EDUCAUSE and other sources. This infographic provides a quick overview of the guide.

Featured Resources of the Information Security Guide include:

Confidential Data Handling Blueprint
Data Classification Toolkit
Data Incident Notification Toolkit
Data Protection Contractual Language: Common Themes and Examples
Guidelines for Data De-Identification or Anonymization
Guidelines for Information Media Sanitization
Electronic Records Management Toolkit
Guidelines for Responding to Compulsory Legal Requests for Information
Hot Topics (e.g., malware, mobile devices, and social networking)
Information Security Governance
National Cyber Security Awareness Month Resource Kit
PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) Resource Page
Risk Assessment Consultants List, Sample RFPs, and Tools List
Risk Management Framework
Security Awareness Quick Start Guide, Detailed Instruction Manual, and Speakers Bureau
Top Information Security Concerns for Campus Executives and Data Stewards
Top Information Security Concerns for HR Leaders & Process Participants - Protecting Your HR Assets
Additional Toolkits

Updated October 2012

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Five Pilot Projects Receive Grants to Promote Online Security and Privacy

InCommon will be heavily involved in a $1.8 million grant awarded to Internet2 to build a consistent and robust privacy infrastructure. Partners include Carnegie Mellon, Brown, University of Texas...

Virginia Tech First to Achieve Bronze and Silver Assurance

Virginia Tech has become the first identity provider to achieve Bronze and Silver certification as part of the InCommon Assurance Program.

Recommended IAM Sessions at EDUCAUSE 2012

The annual EDUCAUSE Conference in Denver will provide an opportunity to explore the range and depth of issues that campuses must consider as they build...

Recommended Security & Privacy Sessions at EDUCAUSE 2012

Find a variety of E12 security and privacy-related sessions in Denver or online.

Policy Matters NCSAM Article (Sep/Oct 2012)

NCSAM article in the latest EDUCAUSE Review offers resources and suggestions for campuses to support security awareness efforts in October.

The Future of Federated Identity: Or, Whither SAML?

Eve Maler, an expert on emerging identity and security at Forrester Research, discusses the past, present, and future of SAML in this webinar recording.

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Access Management for Networked Information Resources: January 1, 1998

This article briefly describes the access management problem and the two major architectural approaches (proxies and credentials-based approaches) coming into use to address it. This article does …
E-Mail Privacy: January 1, 1994

The establishment of codes of conduct and legal standards for use of e-mail in the workplace represents just one example of how the law must catch up with technology. …
Electronic Data Interchange: We Are Stampeding: January 1, 1996

This Viewpoint article warns of the dangers of rushing into use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) without first creating sufficient safeguards for individual privacy. Two other articles in this …
Killing the Electronic Messenger: January 1, 1996

In this Viewpoint article, the author argues that using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to transmit student records is as secure as other means of exchange and, in fact, can provide superior prot…
Legal Underpinnings for Creating Campus Computer Policy: January 1, 1996

In this Current Issues article, the authors examine needed changes in institutional computer use policies (and penalties for misuse) as they apply to the areas of adult material, harassment, privac…
Privacy and the National Information Infrastructure: January 1, 1994

In Educom Review's special report on national networking, ten experts report on policy, legislation, ethics, higher education, and the new role of government in determining our future. …
Privacy Issues in a Virtual Learning Environment: January 1, 1998

The authors discuss student privacy issues in a technological environment. They talk about how colleges and universities should address today's privacy issues, including discussion of process …
Privacy Law in the Information Age: January 1, 1994

Where does the individual privacy start? And where does it end? Where does the individual privacy start? And where does it end? …
Readers Respond: January 1, 1999

CAUSE/EFFECT readers respond to the question: "What are some of the tools, techniques, processes, and policy mechanisms your organization is using to address the challenge of securing your cam…
Recommended Reading: January 1, 1998

Three books are reviewed in this section: "The Learning Revolution: The Challenge of Information Technology in the Academy," edited by Diana Oblinger and Sean C. Rush; "For the Recor…